2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
Pint, random pub in Somerset. Grassy-floral hoppage, toffee malt, sickly sweet caramel malt, very boring bland best bitter type, creamy white head, low-flat carbonation, creamy and oily. Dry finish. Just very dull and boring.
2.3 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 9/20
Cask in the rake. Alround rating: Plasticy hop, brown ale malts, grassy bitterness, plastic seems to dominate. Poor.
2.8 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
Chocolatey malt on the Nose, clear bronze to look at and malt on the palate and tongue, not bad, not great either.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
bottle. Hazy amber-golden colour, small and creamy head. Fruity nose. Shy malty background with a fruity touch and some spicy hops in the finish.
2.7 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Had this cask on tap in Bath at the City Arms. Amber but more balanced for a bitter with more malt and some aromatic notes. of course no head and just a little lacing. A nice version of English bitters
2.9 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask @ GBBF 2008. Pours a clear amber color with a small white head. Has a fruity malty caramel aroma. Fruity malty caramel flavor with some hoppy hints. Has a sweetish malty caramel finish with some hoppy hints in the aftertaste.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask conditioned at The Woolpack, Banbury. Brown to amber beer with white head. Rich malty fruity bitter with a dry hop, dusty note. A little heavy flavourwise for a session bitter, but easily drinkable all the same. Fruity background with notes of apricot. Overall a reasonably set up bitter.
2.6 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Cloudy, dark-brown body with no head at all. Some dark fruits in aroma. Malt-fruity taste with bitter endnotes (Cask, hand-pulled at The Great British Beer Festival, 07.08.2008)
3.2 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle conditioned version, review bottle from brewer, labelled "Gorge Best" (dreadful pun for those who know about 1970s UK soccer players who ended up alcoholic celebrity casualties) with ABV quoted at 4.2%, perhaps boosted for bottle. An amber beer with a thick head tinged yellowy-pink and a creamy, spicy aroma wtih twiggy earthy notes. A richly malty palate has orange crystal tones and a spicy hop layer from the start, turning lightly peppery with a fennel hint and yeasty banana/vanilla esters. There’s some pear and strawberry in a drying finsh that gets quite tongue puckering but overall this is a cheerful and fruity beer, if nothing special.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask@GBBF2008. Amber colour, not much head. Aroma is caramel malts, wood and some bready maltyness. Flavour is nicely balanced wood, caramel and sap. Bittery dry finish.
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